Genre: cellulose nitrate film / Location: Los Angeles (Calif.) / Subject: Events and Culture - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Loretta Ennis and Margaret Howden pose at a Miss America event, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Loretta Ennis (right) and Margaret Howden (left) pose at an event involving the Miss America pageant.
Date:: [1935?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Socialites attend benefit performance of La Boheme at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Socialites mingle at a performance of La Boheme at the Shrine Auditorium, put on by the Metropolitan Civic Opera House. This particular performance benefitted the P.-T.A. milk fund.
Date:: [circa May 12, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Tree planting ceremony honoring Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, April 20th, 1934.

Description:: Trees are planted to honor Los Angeles's patron of music, and as part of a ceremony marking the end of a series of concerts by the Los Angeles Philharmonic as led by conductor Otto Klemperer. The trees planted were nine eugenia trees, planted in a semi-circle around the statue of Beethoven in Pershing Square, as a represtentation of his Ninth Symphony.Pictured from left to right are Klemperer, Mayor Shaw, and John Smallman, founder of the Smallman Oratorio Society.
Date:: April 20, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Member of the Mystic Shrine attending to a sign for the Durbar festival, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: A member of the Mystic Shrine attending to a sign created for the Durbar festival. 20,000 spectators enjoyed street parades on South Olive Street and festivities at the Shrine Auditorium.
Date:: June 12, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Sailors and civilians celebrate Japan's surrender during World War II in downtown Los Angeles, August 15 and 16, 1945

Description:: Sailors and civilians on Main Street in downtown Los Angeles to celebrate Japan's surrender during World War II.
Date:: August 15 and 16, 1945
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

View of audience for Easter service at Hollywood Bowl, 1929.

Description:: Easter sunrise service attended by approximately 45,000 at the Hollywood Bowl.
Date:: March 31, 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Female student crowned during paddle day at Los Angeles Junior College, February 1936

Description:: Most likely related to the yearly mud battle between first and second year students and the first time female students took part. Students unknown. LAJC is now known as Los Angeles City College located near Vermont and Santa Monica Blvd.
Date:: [circa February 19, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Members of the American Legion Auxillary hold bouquets of artificial poppies on Memorial Day, May 26, 1934.

Description:: Memorial Day, also known as "Poppy Day", May 26, 1934. Members of the American Legion Auxillary pose with Los Angeles's City Council president. In the front row of the photo are City Councilman Howard Davis, Auxillary members Marie Gore, and Mary Repp. Behind them are Auxillary members Julia Van Sky and Mrs. Tom Rice.Members of the Los Angeles American Legion Auxillary hold bouquets of artificial poppies, made by veterans of the First World War. The poppies were sold by members of the American Legion Auxillary in order to raise money for disabled veterans and their families.Poppies were chosen as representative of Memorial Day due to their presence in the iconic World War I memorial poem, "In Flanders Fields". The poem was written by Canadian physician and Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae.
Date:: May 26, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Two unidentifed men share a box of Cracker Jack during the annual Iowa Picnic, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Two unidentified men share a box of Cracker Jack on a bench during the annual Iowa Picnic. The Iowa Picnic was an annual gathering of Iowans living in Los Angeles and Long Beach. The gathering brought together over 100,000 people in 1935 and was often held at Bixby Park and Lincoln Park.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

LAJC students gather around unidentified woman after a mud fight, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Men covered in mud after a mud fight at the Los Angeles Junior College gather around an unidentified woman.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Crowd at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum listen to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, October 1, 1935

Description:: President Roosevelt speaks to the crowd from his car at the end of his motorcade through the city. during his one day visit. Tens of thousands of people greeted Roosevelt along with other dignitaries, including his wife Eleanor Roosevelt and Los Angeles Mayor Frank L. Shaw, during the motorcade.
Date:: October 1, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Parade celebrates Aimee Semple McPherson's 25th year of ministry service, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Parade floats and a procession of vehicles drive through downtown Los Angeles on the way to City Hall in celebration of Aimee Semple McPherson's 25th year of ministry service. The parade ended at the City Hall steps where McPherson greeted approximately 5000 people and the Mayor. Aimee Semple McPherson was a Los Angeles evangelist in the 1920s and 1930s who founded the Foursquare Church and Angelus Temple.
Date:: January 7, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Pair dressed as Raggedy-Ann and Andy marching in the post-war Labor Day parade, Los Angeles, 1946

Description:: A pair dressed as classic characters Raggedy-Ann and Andy marching in the post-war Labor Day parade. Crowds reached over 150,000 during the special three-day celebration.
Date:: September 3, 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Paul Wright, Iola Smith and Frances Sample during national airport Red Cross roll call day at Union Air Terminal, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Airport president Paul Wright registering for national airport Red Cross roll call day at Union Air Terminal. TWA air hostess and registered nurse Frances Sample is pinning a button to his lapel while Red Cross worker Iola Smith handles his registration.
Date:: November 24, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Crowds gathered for the Mystic Shrine's Durbar festival, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Crowds gathered to participate in the celebration of the Mystic Shrine's Durbar festival. 20,000 spectators enjoyed street parades on South Olive Street and festivities at the Shrine Auditorium.
Date:: June 12, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Loretta Ennis and Margaret Howden pose at a Miss America event, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Loretta Ennis (right) and Margaret Howden (left) pose at an event involving the Miss America pageant.
Date:: [1935?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Crowds gather at Central Station to see President Franklin D. Roosevelt arrive for tour, Los Angeles, October 1, 1935

Description:: The trip, accompanied by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, was his first to the city as President. Papers estimated hundreds of thousands saw the President . Central Station was located at Fifth and Alameda Street.
Date:: October 1, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Members of the Screen Actors Guild marching in the Labor Day Parade, Los Angeles, September 6, 1937

Description:: Members of the Screen Actors Guild Marching in the Labor Day Parade. Fourteen of the parade's fifty floats were prepared by the Screen Actors Guild
Date:: September 6, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Confetti-filled streets during a celebration of Japan's surrender during World War II, Los Angeles, August 15 and 16, 1945

Description:: People walk over the confetti that was thrown out of windows over Main Street in downtown Los Angeles. This was part of a celebration of Japan's surrender during World War II.
Date:: August 15 and 16, 1945
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Members of the American Legion Auxillary hold bouquets of artificial poppies on Memorial Day, May 26, 1934.

Description:: Text from original nitrate sleeve: Van Sky, Julia; Repp, Mary; Davis, Howard; Woef, Emma; Lathrop, Pearl
Date:: May 26, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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Loretta Ennis and Margaret Howden pose at a Miss America event, Los Angeles, 1935

Socialites attend benefit performance of La Boheme at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, 1935

Tree planting ceremony honoring Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, April 20th, 1934.

Member of the Mystic Shrine attending to a sign for the Durbar festival, Los Angeles, 1937

Sailors and civilians celebrate Japan's surrender during World War II in downtown Los Angeles, August 15 and 16, 1945

View of audience for Easter service at Hollywood Bowl, 1929.

Female student crowned during paddle day at Los Angeles Junior College, February 1936

Members of the American Legion Auxillary hold bouquets of artificial poppies on Memorial Day, May 26, 1934.

Two unidentifed men share a box of Cracker Jack during the annual Iowa Picnic, Los Angeles, 1930s

LAJC students gather around unidentified woman after a mud fight, Los Angeles, 1930s

Crowd at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum listen to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, October 1, 1935

Parade celebrates Aimee Semple McPherson's 25th year of ministry service, Los Angeles, 1935

Pair dressed as Raggedy-Ann and Andy marching in the post-war Labor Day parade, Los Angeles, 1946

Paul Wright, Iola Smith and Frances Sample during national airport Red Cross roll call day at Union Air Terminal, Los Angeles, 1936

Crowds gathered for the Mystic Shrine's Durbar festival, Los Angeles, 1937

Loretta Ennis and Margaret Howden pose at a Miss America event, Los Angeles, 1935

Crowds gather at Central Station to see President Franklin D. Roosevelt arrive for tour, Los Angeles, October 1, 1935

Members of the Screen Actors Guild marching in the Labor Day Parade, Los Angeles, September 6, 1937

Confetti-filled streets during a celebration of Japan's surrender during World War II, Los Angeles, August 15 and 16, 1945

Members of the American Legion Auxillary hold bouquets of artificial poppies on Memorial Day, May 26, 1934.

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